Results 16,341-16,360 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Disadvantaged Status. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do I understand from the Minister's reply that schools in which children of the same family are enrolled will be considered in the review? I have been informed that where children from the same family graduate to secondary school, it sometimes arises that the primary school is included whereas the secondary school is not. Why are the criteria for primary level different from those for second...

Disadvantaged Status. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the most disadvantaged schools be prioritised in the first year? I refer in particular to those schools with high levels of literacy and numeracy problems.

Commercial Research. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It does not cover everything. Schools are still obliged to fund-raise.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Children with special needs who travel to schools by taxi are a particularly vulnerable group. Will the taxi drivers concerned be vetted in September? My second question may be more appropriate to the Minister for Education and Science. A large number of children — usually young teenagers — from other European countries come to Ireland to learn English during the summer. Is there any...

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Young teenagers, aged 13, 14 or 15, stay with families in Ireland and they are vulnerable. I wonder if there is any obligation on the schools concerned to check out those families.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not talking about secondary schools, but schools that run language classes during the summer.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: For example, many Spanish students come to Ireland every year and stay with families.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: They are the people I am talking about.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I just wanted to flag the issue as something that needs to be looked at.

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she intends to take to make up the shortfall in educational psychologists employed in the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25903/06]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in the aim to alter the timetabling of the leaving certificate from 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25939/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made in the appointment of a consultant neurologist and support team for the mid-west region; if additional clinical nurse specialists will be appointed to address the needs of people with neurological illness, including Parkinson's disease, in the region; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a source of funding has been arranged in order to open the additional residential units that have been built at a site (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26432/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial, staffing or other resources her Department provides to support the Responding to Bullying First Steps for Teachers programme operating in the North Eastern Health Board area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26604/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Responding to Bullying First Steps for Teachers programme operating in the North Eastern Health Board area is under threat due to cutbacks leading to staff reductions; if she will take steps to ensure that the programme is maintained; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for family reunification which was submitted in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for funding to the gender equality unit of his Department by a group (details supplied) in County Limerick has been received; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school transport service will continue to operate in all parts of the country until the end of the national school year 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26380/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information in the socio-economic background, in tabular form, of recipients of education grants for 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 is available; if she will supply the information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26381/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent efforts he has made to request the release and restoration to liberty of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, the return to democracy in Burma and an end to human rights violations in that country. [25260/06]